جال طرفي بجدول

جال طرفي بجدول

ماؤه كالسجنجل

ماؤه كالسجنجل

My gaze wandered over a stream

My eyes glanced at a stream

whose water was like a mirror.

Its water like coral

سابح فيه أغيد

سابح فيه أغيد

لحظه لحظ مُغزل

لحظه لحظ مُغزل

Swimming in it was a graceful youth,

Wherein a nightingale was swimming

his glance that of a doe with a fawn.

Moment by moment spinning melodies

خلته إذ بدا به

خلته إذ بدا به

قمراً في مكللل

قمراً في مكللل

When he appeared in it, I took him

When it appeared in it

for a moon amid encircling cloud.

It seemed a crowned moon

بات تغشاه غيمة

بات تغشاه غيمة

تارةً ثم ينجلي

تارةً ثم ينجلي

Through the night a cloud would veil him

Then a cloud would cover it

at times, and then he would emerge clear.

At times, and then it would become clear